Resilient mounting



Oct. 9, 1945. L 2,386,463

' RESILIENT MOUNTING Filed Nov. e, 1943 INVENTOR. flaw/v a fl/lf ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 19,1945

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE RESILIEN T MOUNTING Heston H. Hile, Riverside, Conn., assignor to United States Rubber Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey Application November 6, 1943, Serial No. 509,157

9*Claims.

' This invention relates to an improved resilient mounting adapted to damp the relative vibratory inovements between two connected members.

The invention relates particularly to a mounting having a soft resilient member made of a soft resilient material, such as soft resilientrubber composition, directly interposed between the load the-vibrations as efliciently as the lower natural frequency of vibration obtained by subjecting the resilient member to flexure.

In accordance'with this invention theefllcient lower natural frequency of vibration of the rubber when subjected to flexure is utilized to damp the vibrations in the normal vibratory range, and high'erfrequency of the rubber when subjected to compression is utilized to damp the vibrations beyond, the normal range.

By the use of the construction embodying this invention an efflcient, dependable, and economical vibration damping mounting is obtained.

The invention is further described in reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a resilient mounting embodying this invention, and showing its connection between the supporting and the supported member;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the mounting shown in Fig. 1 with the supported member removed;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the lower resilient vibration damping member shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the member shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the upper resilient vibration damping member shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 6 is a-cross sectional view of the resilient member shown in Fig. 5 taken on line 6-6.

. In the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawing, the mounting H] has a cup-shaped load receiving base II, which is supported on and may form a part of a supporting member l2. The mounting is adapted to support an object l3, which may vibrate in all directions in respect to the supporting member I2.-

staggered in respect to similar ridges 34 formed The vibrations of the object l3 are damped by soft resilient ring, or disc shaped members I4 and [5, which are clamped to the base ll between an upper rigid disc-shaped plate l6 and a lower rigid disc-shapedplate I! by means of a rivet l8 xtending through aligned openings [9 and 20 in the respective plates. As shown in Fig. 1, the 'rims of the openings l3 and 20 interfit with shouldered recesses on the ends 22 of the rivet it, which are formed by beading the ends 22 of the rivet over the rims to retain the plates l6 and l! in place. It will be understood that a bolt or any other equivalent holding member may be employed to made of a soft resilient material, such as a soft resilient rubber composition. Referring to Figs. 3 and 4. the lower resilient ring I5 is provided with a disc-like portion 24 having projections or radial ridges 25 extending from its upper surface, and similar ridges 26 extending fromits lower surface, and which are staggered in respect to the ridges 25. Valleys 25a and 26a are formed between the ridges, and a web 21 of rubber connects the bases of the ridges. The term staggered as used herein means that the bases of the ridges on one side of the web are offset from-the bases of the ridges on the opposite side in respect to their altitude, so that the web of rubber connecting the ridges will be flexed and caused to move into the opposite valley when pressure is applied to the top of the ridges. the pressure is applied in the assembled mounting to the top of the ridges by any vibratory movement of the plate I! towards the top Ila of the base H. The resilient member l5 has an axially xtending portion 28 which is provided with axially extending ridges 29 and valleys 30 on its outer perimeter and similar ridges 3| and valleys 32 on its inner perimeter which are staggered in respect to the ridges 23 and valleys 30.

The resilient vibration clamping member 14 is shown in detail in Figs. 5 and 6. It is made in the form of a ring and is provided with radially projecting ridges 33 on its upper side which are on its lower side. i

In assembling the vibration damping members it and I5 in the base H between the upper-and In respect to the ridges 25 and 26,

iwer plates l6 and I1, the lower member I is ssembled so that its axially projecting portion 6 extends through the opening 35 which is surounded by an upwardly axially extending flange 6 on the top Ila of the base H. The upper lbration damping member I4 is placed over the xially extending portion 28 of the member t5 nd around the flange 36. 'The members are then ecured together by the rivet l8 so that the plates 6 and II will be held in constant spaced relaion to each other and so that the webs of .ruber uniting the bases of the projections 25, 26, nd 33, 35 of the resilient members I 4 and I5 ill not be subjected to any substantial fiexure. free space 31 is provided between the upper late"; and the end of the flange 36 to permit ownward movement of the plate l6 through the ,trio with said opening in said base, each of said resilient members having projections on opposite "sides thereof, said projections ,on one side of each member being staggered in respect to the projections on its opposite side, plates positioned on opposite sides of said base with said resilient disc- .ormal range of vibration of the mounting durmg the flexure' of the web, and thereafter periit the rubber to be subjected to compression nd thereby cushion the last part of any moveient that may be caused by excessive vibrations. he spacealso extends over the ends of the axial rejection 26.

The mounting so assembled and connected to he supported object l3 and the supporting memer l2, permits vibratory movement of the suported object I3 in all directions. Axial vibratory iovement of the'plate l6 towards the top Ila f the base ll causes the apexes of the ridges 33 nd 34 to be displaced in an axial direction, and

auses the rubber in the web which connects the,

ldges on the opposite sides of the damping iember l4 to be flexed within the respective op osite valleys 34a and 33a located between the ldges. Axial vibratory movement in the oppoite direction cause the ridges and 26 to be isplaced in a similar manner by the pressure pplied between the plate I! and the top lla of he base I l.

Lateral or radial vibratory movements cause free ends of the projections on said resilient discl shaped members interposed therebetween, means extending through said opening in said base for connecting said plates together and securing said 3. A resilient mounting for supporting one object in respect to another, said mounting comprising a base carried by one object and having an opening therein, rings of soft resilient material connected to the other object and surrounding said opening and clamped to the'opposite sides of said base, one of said rings having a series of projections supported by said base and a ceivingbase; having an opening therein, rings of soft resilient material surrounding said opening on the opposite sides of said base, one of said he ridges 29 on the outer periphery of the radial rojection 28 and the ridges 3| on the inner pecnnecting the ridges on the opposite sides of the ortion 28 to be flexed into the valleys 30 and 32.

The flexing movements ofthe webs of rubber will occur during the normal vibratory range f the mounting. Excessivevibrations cause the he opposite valleys and such excessive pressure till then subject the rubber body tocompresive stresses. It will thusbe seen that the normal vibratory movements of the mounting are amped as a result of subjecting the rubber to iexure, and the excessive vibratory movements re dampedas a result of subjecting the rubber o compressive stresses.

While the preferred modification of this invenion has been described in detail herein, it will e understood that changes may be made therea without departing from the spirit of the lnvenion or the scope of the appended claims, and it desired to claim the invention as broadly as lermitted by the prior art.

Having thus described my invention, what I laim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1, A resilient mounting comprising a soft reilient member havin projections on each side hereof, said projections on one side being stagered in respect to said projections on the oppoite side, a load supporting plate contacting with be free ends of said projections on one side of ringshaving a series of projecting ridgies supported by saidbase and a series of projecting ridges on its opposite side staggered in'respect to 'said other ridges, and means for clamping said rings against said base.

5. A resilient mounting comprising a load receiving. base havingan opening therein, a rering having a series of radially extending sup- [porting "ridges supported bysaid base and a seubber in the projecting ridges to be forced into I ries of supporting ridges on its opposite side staggered in respect to the other ridges, 'a load applying plate carried by said load supporting ring, a plate for supporting said first named resilient ring, and means for clamping said plates together.

6. A resilient. mounting comprising a base havin an opening therein, an axially projecting an nular flange extending around said opening, rings of relatively soft resilient material surrounding said opening on the opposite sides of. said base, means for clamping said rings to' said base, in-

cluding opposed plates having openings therein and means extending, through said openings and securing said plates together, one of said resil- "ient rings having an axially'projecting annular flange extending through said opening in said base and .having its outer end spaced from the adjacent plate,. the other of .said resilient rings being positioned around said annular flange of said opening in said base, and a free space being provided between the end of said base opening flange and the adjacent of said plates.

7. A resilient mounting comprising a base having an opening therein, and rings of resilient material on opposite sides of said base surrounding said opening, means for clamping said rings to said base, including a pair of plates positioned on the opposite sides of said base, said plates having openings therein, a tubular member extending through said openings in said plates and holding said plates together, said opening in said base being surrounded by an axially projecting annular flange extending from said base, one of said rings having an annular flange projecting through said opening, and the other of said resilient rings extending around said flange on said base, and having a greater thickness than 'the height of said flange on said base, so as to provide a free space between the end of said flange on said base and the adjacent of said plates. 7

8. A resilient mounting comprising a base having an opening therein, an axially projecting flange extending around said opening, relatively soft resilient rings extending around said open ing on the opposite sides of said base, each of said rings having projecting ridges on their opposite sides and the ridges on the opposite sides of each ring being staggered in respect to each other, means for holding said resilient rings against said base, including plates having openings therein and positioned on opposite sides of said base and secured together in constant spaced relation by a clamping member extending through saidopenings in said plates, one of said rings having an axially projectin annular flange extending through said opening in said base, said annular flange on said ring having pro- J'ecting ridges on its inner wall which contact with the walls of said flange on said base, the outer wall of said annular flange on said resilient ring having projecting ridges staggered in respect to said ridges on said inner wall, and the other of said resilient rings surrounding said ridges on said annular flange and said flange of said opening in said base. i

9. A resilient mounting comprising a base having an opening therein, an axially projecting flange extending around said opening, relatively soft resilient rings extending around said opening on the opposite sides of said base, plates'positioned-on the opposite sides of said base and having openings therein, means for retaining said resilient rings between said plates and said base, said means including a ,tubular member extending through said openings in said plates and secured thereto, one of said rings having an axialy p jecting annular flange extending through said opening in said base, said annular flange on said ring having projectin ridges on its inner and outer walls, said ridges on said inner and outer walls being staggered in respect to each other, and the other of said resilient rings surrounding said annular flanges and having a series of projecting ridges on each side, the ridges on one side being staggered in relation to the ridges on the opposite side.

HESTON H. HILE. 

